Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Cal* Bostic	There You Are	Introducing...	02:59
Nelson* Riddle	Valley of the Swans	British Columbia Suite	04:07
Sidewinders	Gift to the Sun	Flatfoot Hustlin'	06:09
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Kozak Dance	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	04:47
Buddy Knox	Storm Clouds	ST (mono)	02:02
Oscar* McLollie	So Pleasing Loving You	So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All	02:51
Cal* Bostic	In Love Again (Cal Bostic)	Introducing...	03:08
Ellen McIlwaine	Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die)	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:25
Matt* Lucas	Men's Liberation	Matt Gets Blue	01:54
Ellen McIlwaine	Sliding	We the People	02:52
Ellen McIlwaine	Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune	We the People	02:25
Bluebird*	Country Boy Blues	Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost	02:40
Happy Dolls	Sweet Gypsy Rose	Show Album No. 1	02:32
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Country Feelin'	Amist the Black Eyes	02:37
Albert Jones*	I Feel So Good	The Facts of Life	03:13
Ellen McIlwaine	Weird of Hermiston	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	05:06
Cal* Bostic	Let Me Love You	Introducing...	03:03
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Wedding March	Ukrainian Pops	04:09
Tony McManus	Chalaneru	The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)	03:23
Priscilla* Rollins	Tell Him that You Love Him	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:33
Buddy Knox	I'm In Love With You	ST	01:46
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Take Twenty	Love Serenade	02:10
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	O Moon Do Not Shine	Ukrainian Pops	02:34
Ellen McIlwaine	The Last Good Man in My Life	Ellen McIlwaine	03:25
Yukon*	Genius	Nova Scotia b/w Genius	01:59
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	I Loved a Widow	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	04:33
Cal* Bostic	Just a Boy And Girl in Love (Doug Randle)	Introducing...	02:41
Buddy Knox	That's Why I Cry	ST (mono)	02:00
Joe* Glazer	A Douglas for Me	A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)	01:12
Ernie* Smith	Everything Crash	Skareggae	03:08
Ellen McIlwaine	Toe Hold	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	04:32
David Amram	Pull My Daisy	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	04:18
Albert Jones*	You Stole My Love	The Facts of Life	03:25
Aarons And Ackley*	Sleeping Gypsy	ST	03:56
Jonathan Edwards	Blow On Chilly Wind	Sailboat	03:17
Priscilla* Rollins	Why Can't I touch You	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:50
Ellen McIlwaine	Danger Zone	Everybody Needs It	04:18
Happy Dolls	Shake Your Booty	Show Album No. 1	02:57
Oscar* McLollie	For the Good Times	ST	04:20
Ernie* Smith	Wash Wash (That Lucky Old Sun)	Skareggae	04:04
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Two Little Oaks On a Mountain	Ukrainian Pops	01:29
Zambonis*	Helmet (instrumental)	To Bleed Black and Gold	03:10
Loni Gamble	Could it be Love	ST	07:05
Jack Holland	There's More to Come	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:30
Ernie* Smith	Don't Down Me Now	To Behold Jah	03:52
Jonathan Edwards	Never Together	Sailboat	02:09
Ellen McIlwaine	Pinebo (My Story)	Honky Tonk Angel	02:41
Jonathan Edwards	How About You	Sailboat	03:28
Ellen McIlwaine	Can't Find My Way Home	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:39
Joe* Glazer	New Democratic Party Train	A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)	02:58
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	A Cossack Beyond the Danube	Ukrainian Pops	02:42
Aarons And Ackley*	Willie Boy	ST	03:02
Priscilla* Rollins	Going Out of My Head Over You	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:24
Cal* Bostic	Let It Be Me	Introducing...	02:44
Buddy Knox	Swingin' Daddy	ST (mono)	01:50
Ellen McIlwaine	Ode to Billy Joe	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	04:13
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	Time After Time	And I Love Her	03:12
Alpha Centauri	Hard Life	ST	06:00
Aarons And Ackley*	Girl I've Been Waiting	You And I	02:36
Ernie* Smith	Who I Am	To Behold Jah	04:12
Aarons And Ackley*	Oh What a Good Time	You And I	02:50
Happy Dolls	Drum Solo	Show Album No. 1	05:14
Priscilla* Rollins	I'm Sorry	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:37
Tommy Makem	Vancouver	Vancouver b/w Better Times	02:45
Zambonis*	Let's Go Whalers	To Bleed Black and Gold	00:30
Oscar* McLollie	She's a Child	Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child	03:02
Ernie* Smith	Oh But If I	Skareggae	03:25
Buddy Knox	Rock House	ST	01:53
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Moanin	Shirley Lewis Show Band	05:46
Zambonis*	The Hockey Song	Playoff Fever	02:25
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Livin' the Blues	Shirley Lewis Show Band	08:45
Jonathan Edwards	Evangelina	Sailboat	03:45
Cal* Bostic	Excessive Love (Cal Bostic)	Introducing...	03:33
Ellen McIlwaine	Underground River	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:54
Priscilla* Rollins	Cry Cry Baby	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:36
Ellen McIlwaine	Hang On to a Dream	Everybody Needs It	03:45
Aarons And Ackley*	L.A.	You And I	02:44
Zambonis*	The Greatest Season	To Bleed Black and Gold	02:22
Jack Holland	Sylvia	The Eyes of a Dreamer	03:18
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	(There's a Lot of Different Kind of) People in the World	Love Serenade	03:02
Jack Holland	Get it Behind You Girl	The Eyes of a Dreamer	01:37
Ellen McIlwaine	Toe Hold	Honky Tonk Angel	04:32
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	A Hanging Apple Висить Ябко	Ukrainian Pops	03:34
Country Mcdonald Joe*	The Call	War War War	02:36
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Halya Carries the Water	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	05:08
Ellen McIlwaine	Everybody Needs It	Everybody Needs It	03:14
Aarons And Ackley*	Don't	You And I	02:05
Aarons And Ackley*	Swanee Song	ST	02:48
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Can't Eat	Shirley Lewis Show Band	04:18
Ellen McIlwaine	It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:38
Jack Holland	You Can't Make a Dancer	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:51
Ellen McIlwaine	We Got Each Other	Ellen McIlwaine	03:48
Ernie* Smith	Top Rankin Skankin	To Behold Jah	02:21
Priscilla* Rollins	I Know	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Are You Confused	Love Serenade	03:23
Buddy Knox	C'mon Baby	ST (mono)	02:05
Mike* Ferro	Soldier In The Rain	Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain	03:20
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	The Betrothed Girl	Ukrainian Pops	02:50
Joe* Glazer	The Farmer is the Man	A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)	01:51

Honorary Canadians

Tracks

Ursa Major* - ST

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

FEATURED

Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

FEATURED

Matt* Lucas - Matt Gets Blue

FEATURED

Matt* Lucas - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

Eddie* Murray - Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance

FEATURED

Dils* - Made In Canada

FEATURED

Ernie* Smith - To Behold Jah

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